Five College Ethnomusicology : Student Symposium

Student Symposium

Five College Student Ethnomusicology Symposium
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Sage Hall, Smith College

10:30 a.m. Green Room
Registration

10:55 a.m., Earle Recital Hall
Welcome, Margaret Sarkissian, Associate Professor, Smith College

11: a.m – 12:30 p.m., Earle Recital Hall
Panel I – Relocating Tradition
Daniel Tsang, Amherst College, Junior—Discovering Klezmer Music in Asia: A Study of Two Klezmer Ensembles
Marina Vidor, Smith College, Senior—Professional Women Musicians of Herat: An Urban Twist on Tradition
Jonathan Dembling, UMass Amherst, Graduate Student—You Play It As You Would Sing It: Music and Identity in Scotland and Nova Scotia
Moderator: David Samuels, Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
Panelists and Invited Guests meet in Green Room

1:30 – 3 p.m., Earle Recital Hall
Panel II – Performance in Context
Katherine Mooney, Amherst College, Class of 2004—"The Music Made Us Feel Good, Feel Happy": Bob Wills, Western Swing, and the Political Culture of the Depression-Era Southwest
Abbe Skinner, Smith College, Junior—Ikajazz: The Music of Ndingo Johwa and His Band
Dana Borrelli, UMass Amherst, Graduate Student—Bounded by Sound: The Role of the
Hollow Square in Sacred Harp Singing Culture
Moderator: David Reck, Professor, Amherst College

3:15 – 4:45 p.m., Earle Recital Hall
Panel III – Sound, Silence, and Sampling
Scott P. Keenan, UMass Amherst, Senior—The Social Context of Minimalism
Sachar Mathias, Hampshire College, Undergraduate Division III—Let the Beat Drop: The Effects and Implications of Digital Sampling in Hip Hop
Sunder Ganglani, UMass Amherst, Senior—Shutting Up: A Written Response to Having Nothing to Say
Moderator: Steve Waksman, Assistant Professor, Smith College

4:45 p.m. Break

5 – 6 p.m., Earle Recital Hall
Keynote: "Shoot the Sergeant: Masculinity and Violence in Post-Apartheid Ngoma Song and Dance"
Louise Meintjes, Associate Professor of Music and Cultural Anthropology, Duke University.

The lecture situates Zulu ngoma song and dance within the related worlds of state and gender politics in post-apartheid South Africa. Analysing some of the details of body movement and song in ngoma, it raises questions about the relationship between the aesthetics of competition, good manhood, and violent altercation in a rural KwaZulu-Natal dance community.

Louise Meintjes is author of "Sound of Africa! Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio" (Duke University Press, 2003) and has been teaching ethnomusicology in the music department at Duke since 1996. She is also affiliated to the African and African American Studies Program.

Introduction by David Samuels, Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst

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	Student Symposium Five College Student Ethnomusicology Symposium Sunday, April 10, 2005 Sage Hall, Smith College 10:30 a.m. Green Room Registration 10:55 a.m., Earle Recital Hall Welcome, Margaret Sarkissian, Associate Professor, Smith College 11: a.m – 12:30 p.m., Earle Recital Hall Panel I – Relocating Tradition Daniel Tsang, Amherst College, Junior—Discovering Klezmer Music in Asia: A Study of Two Klezmer Ensembles Marina Vidor, Smith College, Senior—Professional Women Musicians of Herat: An Urban Twist on Tradition Jonathan Dembling, UMass Amherst, Graduate Student—You Play It As You Would Sing It: Music and Identity in Scotland and Nova Scotia Moderator: David Samuels, Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break Panelists and Invited Guests meet in Green Room 1:30 – 3 p.m., Earle Recital Hall Panel II – Performance in Context Katherine Mooney, Amherst College, Class of 2004—"The Music Made Us Feel Good, Feel Happy": Bob Wills, Western Swing, and the Political Culture of the Depression-Era Southwest Abbe Skinner, Smith College, Junior—Ikajazz: The Music of Ndingo Johwa and His Band Dana Borrelli, UMass Amherst, Graduate Student—Bounded by Sound: The Role of the Hollow Square in Sacred Harp Singing Culture Moderator: David Reck, Professor, Amherst College 3:15 – 4:45 p.m., Earle Recital Hall Panel III – Sound, Silence, and Sampling Scott P. Keenan, UMass Amherst, Senior—The Social Context of Minimalism Sachar Mathias, Hampshire College, Undergraduate Division III—Let the Beat Drop: The Effects and Implications of Digital Sampling in Hip Hop Sunder Ganglani, UMass Amherst, Senior—Shutting Up: A Written Response to Having Nothing to Say Moderator: Steve Waksman, Assistant Professor, Smith College 4:45 p.m. Break 5 – 6 p.m., Earle Recital Hall Keynote: "Shoot the Sergeant: Masculinity and Violence in Post-Apartheid Ngoma Song and Dance" Louise Meintjes, Associate Professor of Music and Cultural Anthropology, Duke University. The lecture situates Zulu ngoma song and dance within the related worlds of state and gender politics in post-apartheid South Africa. Analysing some of the details of body movement and song in ngoma, it raises questions about the relationship between the aesthetics of competition, good manhood, and violent altercation in a rural KwaZulu-Natal dance community. Louise Meintjes is author of "Sound of Africa! Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio" (Duke University Press, 2003) and has been teaching ethnomusicology in the music department at Duke since 1996. She is also affiliated to the African and African American Studies Program. Introduction by David Samuels, Assistant Professor, UMass Amherst